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Art and Photography – MENA 2023
A Journey Through Egypt Beatrice Pistola Ellen Aylmer Visiting the South of Morocco Beatrice Pistola Tayeeba Ahmed A Weekend in the Jordanian Capital Tayeeba Ahmed Tayeeba Ahmed (Images 1&2) and Rebecca Cleere (Image 3) Walks Around the Tunis Medina Tayeeba Ahmed Beatrice Pistola
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Race in Colonial North Africa and its Modern Legacy
Alex Vilarin “Race” as a concept has been used for centuries as a manner with which to differentiate and subjugate populations around the world. Othering people based on racial markers, who look slightly different and practice unfamiliar customs, begins a process of dehumanisation, where no common ground can ever be reached because of how different…
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Nation Building at a Cost: Examining the Relationship between 20th Century Islamic Feminist Movements and Postcolonial Nation Development in the Middle East
Alex Nagin As colonial powers gradually departed from the Middle East during the latter half of the twentieth century, the soon-to-be nations of the region were tasked with building a national story. While the roles that Muslim women played in Middle Eastern society varied somewhat across the region, their female identity was one of the…